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Furthermore, though Mr. Reed presents himself as an intellectually superior theologian, gilding his carefully-choreographed arguments with props and theatrical flourishes, the script itself doesn’t hold him in the same regard.

But its potency also shows itself in the legend that the likes of Watters and other right-wing performers are feverishly gilding.

Hristoff, who was born in Istanbul and is now based in New York, has been creating works of layered screen printing, painting, gilding and drawing in a well-known, almost 20-year-long series titled “Everything and Nothing.”

But in a way, all the giveaways and special events are just gilding the lily.

Accentuating the glass wrinkles with gilding serves to sanctify the century-old depot structure.